Wow so this chapter came out pretty quickly! Rachel and Finn are finally together, and we can now move into another direction of the story! Still, we need some Finchel love and this chapter is full of it. I really enjoyed writing it and I hope you enjoy it as well! Let me know what you think :)
Someone should have told Rachel earlier that being in a relationship was literally the best thing either.
Her and Finn had been 'official' for about a month now - since Kurt's graduation party.
It was weird- having someone who would call and text her all the time, or want to hang out. She always had Quinn and Tina...but now, here was Finn. Sure, this was exactly what they did before they were in a relationship, but there was a different tone to their messages now. It was less casual. She was his girlfriend and he was her boyfriend. Even though the terms itself seemed so juvenile, Rachel could not have been more elated at the fact he was hers, and she was his.
She was actually on the way to pick him up, as they were headed to Mercedes' daughter's birthday party. This would be the first time Finn would be meeting the rest of Rachel's social group. Since the graduation party, Rachel let her guard down quite a bit, and Finn hung out with her and Quinn and Tina on multiple occasions. It also helped quite a bit that Mike and Tina were now dating, so the four of them have gone on a few double dates together. Talk about killing two birds with one stone, right?
Rachel arrived at his apartment earlier than expected and decided to head inside vs. wait in the car. She walked into the building and up the stairs to his complex. She knocked on the door and moments later, Kurt opened the door. Kurt's been alternating staying at his parent's home or Finn's home for the past month, and while Finn doesn't really care, it sure puts a stop to their personal time when Rachel spends the night.
"Hey Rachel, Finn's in the shower." He greeted her and walked back to the couch where it clearly looked like he's been there all day.
Rachel walked in, closing the door behind her. "Hey! Busy day Kurt?" She joked, sitting down on the couch across from him.
"You have no idea. I've watched the first season of Game of Thrones and I can't stop. There are SIX seasons. It's so good. You know...I never thought Finn and I would ever be interested in the same show, but here we are." Kurt said, grabbing more chips from the bag on the table and throwing them into his mouth.
Rachel laughed. "He keeps trying to get me to watch it. Good thing he has you now."
Kurt scoffed. "He is not the person I'm watching this with or for."
"Oh? ohh..." Realization hit Rachel quickly.
Kurt glanced at her and eyed her for a moment before responding. "Can I trust you?"
"What? Of course you can!" Rachel exclaimed, confused.
"I mean...like when are you Finn's girlfriend and when are you Blaine's co-worker?"
Rachel laughed a little. "Kurt, I swear I won't tell Blaine anything we speak about. Okay? Unless of course it's work related, and it looks like we are not at work right now." Rachel said to him.
Kurt looked at her skeptically, but then gave in. "Finn won't let me talk to him about this because he thinks it's weird to know I have a love life. So I need you to fill in for him, since you are after all, his girlfriend. "
Rachel smiled and nodded. She was really loving this girlfriend business. "Do you want me to talk and act like him as well?"
Kurt contemplated and then nodded, pursing his lips together. "Yes - let's do that."
Rachel nodded, and put her hand over her face getting into character.
"Kurt, What's up bro?" She said, in her manliest voice.
Kurt laughed at her horrible impression. "Uhh okay that'll do I guess. Okay. So I don't even know if this guy likes me. He's all like, flirting with me at my party. But then - whenever we have to work together, he's super professional and is so hard to read! He told me he was watching this show and now I need to learn everything about it just so I can get him to talk to me about non-work things! It's like the man doesn't have a pulse!"
Rachel thought for a moment, considering how Finn would respond. "Dude stop trying so hard."
Kurt scrunched his face up. "That's your advice?"
Rachel broke character for a second. "It's not my advice, it's Finn's advice!"
Kurt shook his head. "That's the least helpful advice ever."
"You asked for Finn's advice, I was merely following along with your requests!"
"What the hell are you guys doing?" Kurt and Rachel both stopped as a third voice was heard. Finn was a few feet away with his arms across his chest and his eyebrow raised. His hair was still a little damp from his shower, but he was dressed in jeans and a bright blue v-neck shirt.
"Nothing." They both said at the same time.
Finn kept a skeptical look on his face but let it go. He walked over to Rachel, bending down to give her a kiss. "Hey baby."
Rachel kissed him back and smiled. "You look nice."
"Well I've got to make a good impression for your friends right?" He smiled. "I'll be ready to go in a sec. I've got to get the gift from my room!"
"You got her a gift? Babe, I told you you didn't have too! My gift could be from the both of us." Rachel said.
"It wasn't a big deal, honestly. I saw something that was cool, and thought why not? Besides, what kind of guest would I be if I didn't have a gift?"
Rachel nodded as he walked off to the bedroom. She got up from the couch, smoothing out her dress.
"This conversation isn't over!" Kurt said to her.
Rachel laughed. "I don't doubt it. Have fun binging on tv."
Finn walked back out with the bag in hand and a smile on his face. "I'm ready! See ya later Kurt."
"Have fun you two." He called out from the couch.
Finn and Rachel arrived at Mercedes' home nearly thirty minutes later. Finn was a little nervous. He had no problem making conversation with new people, but these weren't just new people. They were Rachel's friends...and he definitely wanted to make a good impression.
They walked around to the back of the house where Mercedes had a bouncy castle, face painting and balloon stations, as well as a Frozen themed party. Little Elise, Mercedes' daughter was turning 4, and was dressed just like Anna, while Mercedes was dressed as Elsa...mostly due to the amount of begging her daughter did. It wasn't the most comfortable costume with Mercedes being six months pregnant.
Finn was amazed at how elaborate a party for a 4 year old could be.
"Isn't this fantastic?" Rachel gleamed, taking it all in. "Mercedes!" she waved over to the woman who began walking towards them with Elise in hand.
"Berry! You made it!" she smiled, pulling Rachel in for a hug. She eyed Finn up and down and gave Rachel a smile of approval.
"And who is this mighty fine guy standing in my yard?" she said.
Rachel smiled as Finn laughed nervously. "Mercedes, this is my boyfriend, Finn. Finn - Mercedes' is one of my bestest friends. We met in college like what, 13 years ago?"
Mercedes laughed. "Girl don't remind me how long it's been. It's a pleasure to meet you Finn." She smiled at him.
Finn smiled back, feeling at ease around Mercedes. "Pleasure to meet you as well. Rachel talks about you non-stop."
"And you know she talks a lot." Mercedes said as her and Finn both laughed in.
"Hey!" Rachel butted in with a pout. "I do not talk a lot. I just have some things to say that tend to take up quite a bit of time."
Finn laughed and pressed a kiss to Rachel's forehead, resting his hand on the small of her back. "Whatever you say, babe."
Rachel shook her head. "Moving on.. this little girl here is Elise and today is her birthday! " Rachel bent down so she was face to face with the four year old.
"Happy Birthday Elise. You look so beautiful!" she smiled.
Elise smiled shyly at Rachel. "I'm not Elise, I'm Anna!" she giggled.
"Ohhh well hello there Anna! Can Aunty Rachel please have a hug?"
Elise nodded and threw herself in Rachel's arms for a hug. Rachel hugged the girl tightly before letting go.
"And this is my boyfriend, Finn. Can you say hello?"
Elise looked up at Finn shyly. "He's tall." She whispered to Rachel, who was still bent down to Elise's height.
Rachel looked up at Finn. Of course he was tall when she was standing, but from this view, he was a giant, and she couldn't help but feel a little turned on.
"He is tall isn't he?" Rachel said to her. "Maybe Finn can bend down a little bit, so you can see his face?"
Elise nodded at the suggestion.
Finn laughed a little and bent down, so he was resting his weight on the front of his feet.
"Hi Elise, Happy Birthday!" he smiled.
Elise smiled shyly at him. "Hi."
"I love your face paint. Do you think that would look good on me?" he asked.
Elise giggled. "Yes!"
"What do you say about choosing out a design to put on my face?"
Her face lit up. "Let's go! Mommy can I go with him?"
Mercedes laughed a little, since she literally had to walk about 20 feet, but appreciated that her little girl knew she needed to ask for permission first. "Sure baby. Go ahead. Mommy's right behind you."
Elise nodded and put her hand out for Finn. "Come on! I think we put a flower right here." She pointed to his cheek.
"Sounds great." He smiled, taking her hand and standing up. "Excuse me ladies, I've got a little date to attend too." He winked at Rachel before walking off with Elise.
Rachel and Mercedes watched them walk over to the booth.
"Oh girl, I like him." Mercedes said, nudging Rachel lightly.
"Tell me about it." she smiled, still watching Finn. He was now sitting in the chair while Elise told the face painter what design to put on Finn's face. She watched as he laughed nervously as the little flower Elise told him about seemed to now be something that would cover his whole face. "I think I need to save him though, maybe a little paint on his arm instead of his face. He still has to meet the rest of the girls..."
"Ah yes, let's go save him." Mercedes said as they both walked over. Luckily, they were able to convince Elise that Finn needed a paint tattoo on his left arm, so he can match with the one he currently has on his right arm. She seemed to be okay with this, although there were minimal tears that sprouted in her eyes. Finn shot both Mercedes and Rachel a thankful look before getting back into his conversation with Elise.
Throughout the rest of the day, Finn met Mercedes' husband, Adam, Santana, Brittany and a few of their other friends, including Quinn, who he of course knew from previous times of hanging out. He found Santana and Brittany to be quite funny, and everyone seemed really open and happy to meet him.
What surprised him the most is the fact Tina showed up with Mike. Mike definitely did not tell him he was coming so it was quite the surprise. Finn watched with a smirk as Tina introduced Mike to everyone.
"Funny seeing you here, dude." Finn said to him when Mike finally walked over to him. They walked over to get a drink and continued their conversation.
Mike laughed a little nervously. "Dude, I had too. She asked me to come and I couldn't just say no!"
"Everyone's pretty cool man. Elise is the cutest little girl alive, I think." Finn said.
"Whoever thought we'd be at a freakin kids birthday party?" Mike said, opening his beer.
"Tell me about it."
They both turned around to see Adam standing behind them.
"Don't worry guys." He laughed a little. "I get it. I'm still surprised that I'm able to raise a kid...and in a few months there's going to be two!"
Finn reached into the bucket of drinks and handed Adam a beer. "I feel like you're gonna need this."
"Ha, thanks man. Cheers." Adam said, as the three men touched their beer bottles together.
"It's nice to have some more males around. It's always just been me and the ladies, you know?" Adam said.
Mike and Finn both nodded, but in reality...no, they didn't know. They were so used to just being young, single guys never really having to worry about kids, or being married, or any of the more 'adult' things.
"Don't worry." Adam said to them both. "You'll see soon enough. These girls travel in packs. You know everything about every one of them, even when you don't want too. So the fact that the two of you are here now, means I don't have to listen in when they don't talk about guys or whatever else they're interested in."
Finn laughed. He felt for the guy. Maybe this is why Burt always complained when his mom wanted him to join her and her friends out for dinner.
Nevertheless, the three of the guys spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out together all the while enjoying the birthday festivities, and fulfilling their respective husband and boyfriend duties.
On the drive back home, Rachel kept glancing over at Finn while she drove.
He picked up on it pretty quickly and looked over at her. "What?" he smiled amusingly.
"I'm just thinking about how amazing you were today." She said.
"Hey it was fun." Finn shrugged. "Adam's a cool guy too."
"My friends loved you. And seeing you with Elise...you were just so good..." Rachel continued.
"Oh yeah? Did you like that?" Finn smirked. He saw the way she looked at him throughout the day. He knew she wanted him bad. He couldn't deny he felt the same way. He loved seeing her when they had the chance to work together - she was always professional and dominating, but seeing her with her friends...she was so carefree, happy, and just plain beautiful. Both sides turned him on to no end.
Rachel laughed a little. "I want nothing more than to take you home and literally rip your clothes off." she said, with all seriousness.
Finn leaned towards her, resting a hand on her bare leg underneath her dress. "Maybe I'll let you have your way with me." He moved his hand up so it was now on her thigh.
"Finn!" Rachel squealed. "I'm driving!"
"Hurry up woman. You've turned me on now and it's getting pretty uncomfortable." He shifted in his seat, and Rachel could clearly see the bulge in his pants.
"Your place?" she said.
"Kurt's there." Finn said.
They both looked at each other.
"My place." "Your place." They responded at the same time.
Finn pushed the door open to Rachel's apartment, pulling Rachel in behind him. Once the door was closed, he engulfed her in his arms, lifting her up to kiss her.
Rachel wrapped her legs around his waist and arms around his neck, supporting herself up holding onto him. Their tongues explored each other's mouths and Finn's hand found their way to grip her ass.
He broke the kiss and moved his head down to her neck, sucking on her skin. Rachel moaned, throwing her head back. He bumped into the wall as he continued walking towards her bedroom in the dark, but Rachel didn't seem to care as she pulled his head back up for a kiss.
They made it to her bedroom and Finn threw her down gently on the bed. He reached down and pushed her dress up and pulled her panties off. He quickly took his pants and boxers off, and pulled Rachel to the edge of the bed.
He lifted her legs to rest on his shoulders, and lined himself up with her entrance pushing himself into her.
"Oh Finn..." She moaned loudly, turning him on even more. He quickened his pace, thrusting in hard and deep into her.
Rachel pulled her dress off her body, and was now in nothing but her lace bra.
"Oh Fuck." Finn moaned, leaning in closer to her, moving his hands to cup her breasts in his hands. Rachel lifted her head up to close the gap between her and Finn and captured his lips in a passionate kiss.
"Mmm..turn around babe." He said in between kisses. He pulled out slowly giving her a chance to get on all fours in front of him. He unclasped her bra from her back, and moved the straps off her shoulders until she was completely naked.
"So fucking beautiful." He mumbled before pushing himself back into her.
He grabbed onto her waist and pumped into her hard, both of them coming undone within a matter of minutes.
Completely out of breath at the end, he pressed a kiss to her shoulder blade before pulling out.
"Damnit Rachel." he laughed.
"What?" she laid down on the bed, smiling at him.
He moved to lay down next to her, pulling in for a deep kiss before pulling away. "You're just amazing, that's all." He said softly, looking into her eyes with a half-smile on his face.
The look on his face gave her butterflies, and she had no idea what to say, but all she knew is that she was loving every moment of this.
Rachel arrived at work bright and early on Monday morning, humming to herself on the way to her office. Brody was not at his desk, but she could tell by the iced coffee sitting on the desk that he was at least around.
She walked into her office and began her day. Moments later, Brody knocked on her door. "Hey Rachel, there's a delivery here for you?" he said to her.
"Uhh, ok? I wasn't expecting anything." Rachel said, confused.
Brody walked in with two dozen pink roses in a vase. "Looks like you've got yourself a secret admirer." He smirked, resting the flowers down on her desk.
Rachel's face lit up with curiosity and took the card out of the roses.
"To my beautiful girlfriend - you're amazing. Thinking of you. - Finn."
Brody looked on curiously as she read the card. "Who's it from?"
Rachel couldn't care less at his inquisitiveness. "It's from Finn." she smiled, smelling the roses.
"Finn?" He made a face, but covered it up fairly quickly. "How sweet."
Rachel was still enamored with her flowers that she missed the look on his face. "Can you get Finn Hudson on line 1 for me?"
Brody nodded, and walked off. He rolled his eyes as he got back to his desk. He was almost certain Will Schuester wouldn't like the idea of his team members fraternizing with co-workers, nevertheless the hired help, like Finn's team. There was only one way to find out.
He dialed Finn's line and briefly chatted it up with Sugar, before she had Finn on the line. He transferred him to Rachel's line, but still stayed on the line quietly.
"Finn?" Rachel said into the phone.
"Rach, to what do I owe the pleasure of such an early morning call?" Finn smiled into the phone.
"The roses are beautiful. You really didn't have too." she said.
"Hey, it's just a small gesture to show my appreciation. Are you having a good morning?" he asked.
"The absolute best." she said.
"I'll be over there in a little bit. I've got a meeting with Will. Do you want to grab lunch with me later if you have time?"
"I'd love too. I think I have a meeting but I'll ask Brody to re-schedule. It's nothing too important." she said to him.
"That guy still has a job, huh?" Finn laughed a little. "Sounds good, baby. I can't wait to see you."
Rachel smiled into the phone. Yep, being in a relationship was the best thing ever.
